Leader (1850-1860), 7th October 1854, Edition Town of 2, Page 957, Untitled Ad

f ^ ENTKAL ASSOCIATION ill Aid of the an 5 e tiU s ]» e became a widow , wlen she was granted 80 ? ., not still allow me a little to pay for my children I should O Wives and Families , Widows Ynd Orphans , of Sol- fifi ^ SoLS ^ *™ PrOVided «* ^ " ^ | # Ke ^^ ne i ^ AST&i ? "SSi'ASPS diers ordered on active servzce . C * se 193 . Mrs B H -Wife of . private i * the 33 th Uegi- P * 'I homfSod will re ^/ d eve ^ yVne who has so kindly TJNDER the joint patronage OB roent . Married with leave Left destitute with four eh . il- helped the poor soldier ' s wife and child ; for most of us hav « HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN , ™ I 2 ?? ikJ ~~ * ££ ? £ lded for ' an < i a weebly allowance of been thrown out of a comfortable home , to face a frowning TIELD-M ^ SHALH ^ H . THEmiNCE ^ BEBT , K . G ., 'T ^ T ^ l t-Wire ot , private in the 77 th . SinteVe ^ AND H . R . H . THE DUCHESS OF KENT , ment . Married with leave . Left destitute with live ehil- « i % « a " i " mr < , in-irnne . dren . A weekly allowance of ten shillings . „ ... . ... . , , £ 7 KC = 4 patraitS . Case 433 , 38 th Regiment .-Mrs . A ., the wife of a sergeant . + ^ Man / m 2 R otters might be quoted , showing how grateful HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY . Married with leave . Left destitute with four children . * he ? e ^ ne fellows are for the care that has been extended to LIBUT .-GENERAL HIS ROYAL HIGIiKESS THE Has been provided with a situation at 142 . a year , and all £ eir ™ lvcs , alld children ; hut quite enough , it is hoped , has DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE , K . GL her children taken care of by the Association . 5 een sta , ted to satisfy tho Committee that they not only are 0 Tf . a . vm »« ~ f /? T . « .. t / it ^ . «{ .. ^ Mrs . E . T-, 63 rd Regiment—Married with leave . Sixteen S , " ? , hft 1 S right , but that it is the bounden duty of eChatrtnan of CBeneral Committee . years wife of a private . Left destituto with five children EuSlatld t !> carry out the work that has been thus happily . GENERAL THE EARL OF EEAUCHAMP . A weekly allowance of seven shillings . commenced . it-,- rtM . - - « Mrs- & - T > 46 th Begiment . —Married with leave . Left + 1 1 V or , are tl ) 0 Pooi" ^ o ^ en themselves ungrateful for all UlCt-VlT ) mrtntn . destitute with five children , under ten years of aee unable that has been , and is doing for them . With a few excep-VISCOUNT INGESTRIB . lst Life-Guards , to leave her infant . A weekly allowance of seven shillinjrs . wons , all have evinced the greatest thankfulness , and readi-I 0 B . D LILFORD . Mrs . T . 1 , . 28 th Regiment .-Married wit 3 i leave . Wife of ne , , . to hl \ d employment for themselves . Two wives of __ , a sergeant . Left with five children . Her- "husband left her so . laiers . who had been temporarily relieved with weekly t&rustr ? S « somo little money and his watch , to part with in case of allowances , ottered to repay the Association as soon as their SIR JOHN KIRKIAND . LORD HENRY CHOLMON- need- The watch had been parted with , wlien this Associa- 5 ^ f - ^ nds rell » tted money : and one of them , directly she DELEY , M . P ., and MAJOR THE HONOURABLE tion helped her out of all her troubles , and she regularly Feceivcd a remittance from her husband , insisted on repay-H L . POWTS i . cwK . 0 receives money from her husband . e j- ing a sovereign to the Association , saying , at tho same time , aro *» m { , * . ' Mrs . E . E ., case 321 . —Wife of a private , 88 th Regiment . J ™? * £ here was inany a poor soldier ' s wife who needed it _ ,. T . _ ,. CPommittrt . . Married with leave . Left perfectly destitute with five more than she did . " More than two hundred have been ^ he Lord Bishop of London . Johii Lettsom Elliott , Esq . children . The two youngest twins born since her husband P laced " * situations as housemaids , cooks , nurses , washer-™ -D « ke of Manchester . Sir Robert Gerard , Bart . left . In very bad health since her confinement . A weekly ™> mea « c - » a " . generally , have given satisfaction ; one of The Marquis of Blandford , Hon . A . KinnaiTd , M . P . allowance of twelve shillings . thei £ w"tes thus to the Inspecting Officer : — . M-l * - ,, , Lieut .-Col . Erownlow Knox , Cases Nbs . 406 , 407 , 4 , 08 . —The wives of privates of the B 5 th . » IR . —According to promise , I no-w let you know how I TheEarlofAnnesley . M . P . M . P . All married with leave . Left destitute With ten children , am getting piv . I never was sohappy mall my life . Ihave , The Earl of Cavan . Bon . Capt . William Stuart A weekly allowance to each . indeed , a kind master and mistress ; they look to my com-TheEarlofEffinghara . ^ Knox , M . P . Case No . 968 , Mrs . C . B—Wife of a private , Royal Artil- ^ t in every way ; I might well say , it is equal to my own TheEarlofShaftesbury . Captain Laffan , M . P . lery . Married with leave . Left destitute with sixchildren ho » ne- I o « il y wish to God that more of the women were so Viscount Hall Lieut-Colonel lawrenson . in great distress . A weekly allowance granted . well provided for as I am , Sir . WU 1 you retiirn the Asso-Viscount Mandeville , M . P . Lieut . -Col . Hom . J . Lindsay . Case 971 , Mrs . A . C—Wife of a . sergeant of the 38 th Reci- clatl 0 . . thanks in my name , tor their kindness to me and r' ^ l ^— i -rr V M . P . ment . Married with leave . Left destitute with six chil- my child ^ - also for the teu shillings t have received , with Lord Edward Howard , M . P . Right Hon . Joseph Napier , dren . A weekly allowance of twelve shillings . which I have bought some clothes . I hope that 1 will keep Lord _ Henry Cholmoudeley , M . P , . . ¦ . •'• Case 593 , Mrs : T . — "VTifeof a sergeant ofthe 11 th Hussars , my . situation along time . The lady seems to like me very t . M . t . CoLonel Sidney North , MP . Married with leave . Left with six children . Eldest daugh- well , and she says that anything in her power she ^ will do to l . ordeharles _ Chnton , M . P . Captain Henry Owen , R . E . ter provided with a situation , and a weekly allowance of ten . promote , my comfort . With niy sincere thanks to you for Lord Feversharn .. ^ John Wilson Patten , Esq ., shillings-to her mother . your kindness , , _ ,. .. ¦ ¦ ¦ < ¦¦ Captain Archdall , M . P . ¦ M . P . -This dreary catalogue of destitution might be continued " Your obedient servant Colonel Baker . _ Melville Portal , Esq .. M . P . almost to an endless extent , and all the harrowing details "E . D . " Lieu ^ Colon ^ TTimtp ; to , i- % &Z * £ * i ° S- H < x-p < wyV accompariyinceach casemightbegiven ; btittheCoraujittee Many women , natives of Nova Scotia and Canada , on MP ' . 65 tn Boyal Raaes . are satisfied that a simple statement of these facts is more being provided a passage by Government to their own Mninv ' r ' nvKnn « af off ™ w ~ r Andre 7 g ? J ! 00 n de ' , ft * t"an sufficient to prove the need for , and the reality of their country , have been granted a donation-. of 3 ? . each , to provide P ^ nsin ^ r ? ' Staff - ° fficer of - ^ S |* T S ^ wd . Esqi M . P . work It is true that ; the parish , of the soldierniay be com- them with comforts for themselves and children during the TiWrJrr 5 > n « i . HUT > ^• V r ? % ^ ^ forth ; -r . pelled to support his wife and family ; but the Committee voyage . To 17 women of different regiments , all married tTrnlmfhS ffi ' L ! cut . Col . TayJor , M . P . would ask whether "the workhouse is a fitting place for with leave , has the Association been thus beneficial . r ^ t ?^ nS . IS ' i , D i ' 2- * 2 ? . ? , - W' ^ Ter - . n- ^ the lamhes of men vho cau write such letters as the fol- On the 2 Gth June , information was received from tho ^* fl-V DouSla ^ . 60 th . Koyal Sir William Vernier , M . P . lowing;— - Portsmouth Local Committee , that 34 women and 72 children fWriSpi ' nim ^ i . wp Shirley Woolin ^ r , Esq . ^ . "Camp near Tarna , August 30 th , 1854 . would be forwarded to London , on their way to their lius-VOiouei x » anne , w . r . General Wyndham , M . P . , Sir , —I sincerely Iriist that I may not olfend you by the hands * parishes , from Malta , from whence they had been ¦ au llitnis liberty I -take _ in addressing you ; but having heard of your ordered home , their regiments having gone on to Turkey . GEORGE WILLTATkTTn ? TT *¦« ,, t , « f a nn- ' kindness t « . thewives and children of soldiers now serving The Inspecting Officer of the Association was immediately B L SOWELL , &sa S ' nfete r ° fflC 0 " U ^!^^* 1 m i md ^* ed * ° ™ V **> KP ™ kind assistance on ordered to the Waterloo Station / where , having with dini-Ji . i-. bWW bXuXj , £ , sq ,, Bank of England . behalf ol wy little daughter . By the last mail from . Eng- cultyfcot them all together , he took them to the Pay Oflicein ^ TrCtlSUrcC . !? n * vT received the melancholy intelligence of my wife's Westminster , ^ vhere they were to receive passage warrants SIR JOHN KIRKLAND No 80 PamvTn . 11 death , which , occurred on the . 9 th of August , leaving my for their different destinations . But they wore unablo to " ¦ JjA ^ * b 0 ' KUi- ^ laU- little girl entirely unprovided for , &c . I therefore humbly proceed till the next day ; and thus would have been left , ' llOlldrarp ^ rcrrtiirjy . " ° pe that you will Mhdly cause inquiries to be made , so uttor strangers in the streets of Westminster , searching in MAJOE THE HOIf . HENRY LITTLETON POWYS , that my child may not be left entirely unprotected orun- vain for lodgings , which , with the small Government allow-OOth Royal Rifles . ca . ^ f | or :.. \ will mos t gladly contribute , as far as my means anCe granted for that purpose , they were unable to pay for . -. , „ . . Willadinit , to defray any expense which may arise m placing Respectable lodgings were found for them all , and their T . t , ^ T ^ T ^ , rl 5 , ?* * cet " ? 1 her m any establishment whicli you select . We expect children ; and the next day they were despatched to their . FREDERICK HAYLBY BELL , Esq . t 0 embark for Sebastopbl to-morrow ; consequently I feel destinations , with a small donation for travelling expenses . n \ u f ii t , . _ —~ very anxious that some steps may bo immediately taien to It is needless to add that all these women were married with Xhe following Report was unanimously passed at a Gene- provide for her . leave , and many of them most respectable -wives of nou-»• Vj ° ? ISllt eo Meeting on tho 3 rd of October , 1854 . The " I remain , Sir , most respectfully , commissioned oiHccrs . Kignt Honourable the JEarl of Effingham in the chair . " G . H ., SEBGaJAHT . " Upwards of three thousand five hvsdued womeit , FIRST HALF-YEARLY REPORT OF THE CENTRAL " ^ MaJor the Hon . H . L . Powys , and seven tuotjsand cuiidken . have been kept from ASSOCIATION »«» - " coth Reg . Rifles , Hon . Sec . " actual want during the last six months * the greater part of This Association originated at the National Club on tho The wife and child of this non-commissioned officer were t& ^ o ^ ' ^^ Xf ^^^ tff iS ^^ mi ^! & S 4 , th of February 18 B 4 , and was joined on the 25 th February entirely supported by the Association until his wifo died of J ™ o bv tl c ^ outla ^? durlnK the * SSst fli mwitta of 0 l 7 »? by _ a Deputation fromtlie Army andNavy Club . cholera in London His daughter is now comfortably set- chiLnv hi wcchlV ^ wmonts both Tv thl Central Committco It was formally instituted at a public meeting held in tied at the Industrial School at Birmingham , at the expense 2 nd ffio 78 £ oaH Comnnttecs Committco Willis's Epoms oili tlie 7 th March . 1851 ( tho 3 ato deeply In .- of the Association ; and when tlioroughly trained and cdu- Besides those 10 500 womon and children fresh annlieamented General Sir Peregrine Maitland , G . C . B ., in tho cated , will bo provided with a situation » y tho managers tt ^^ m ^ aali ^^^ % ^^^ hm i ^ rtnK & SnSiViZ * ° W com J ) lctcd tho first h « W-yoar of its of the Industrial School . . th " n « , n £ rtf ^ P Tho vast " amount of undeserved misery that this Assocla- " MtmiWsr MaRY ,-I kiwTo ' u wil ® ad ffllavrfhis Sary Return fflSS for I . Xth ^ ouTs of Pariiamont " tion has been tho means of alleviating during the past six letter from your dear father . I hope and pray Almighty t 1 ?« s hoover LTccountcd f ^ months , induces the Committee to malfo a half-yearly Report God that you and your dear little sisters aro quite well and H tho Paritonentarv Return as follows - «""* - * «* & of their proceeding ) and this , not only to show that the happy and comfortable . Give dear Fanny and dear littlo or tne ParliamenUry Ket « rn , as louows . noblo effort made by the country on behalf of the silent Margaret my very bost and fondest love , with many lasses C 3 rd Regiment . . 63 rd RoBiniont . sufl ' ercrs has not been a fruitless one ; but also to direct also to your littlo companions . 1 have not been yet -where Parliamentary Return . Association Return , public attention to the urgent and absolute necessity for the 38 th Regiment is . When I soo the Regiment , I will be No . of Women and Children , No . of Woaion and Children , tho establishment of somo porinunent National Provision sure to go and sec their fathers . I hopo \ ou arc well and 170 . 215 . for tho Wives and Families , Widowa and Orphans , of our happy altogether , anil love ouch other , an < 1 bo kind to one . „ , -n , w , i ,, ™ i , wi . io . tw Bnmo soldiovs . l ' another . But , my dear child , you must look after and see The Association Return ^ wasi received dnriiig tho same Notwithstanding all that has been said and written on tho « o your youngest sister , for sho Js but a baby yot , and may month that tho Parhainontary ¦ Reurn was givon ; a miasit Bubjoct , tho fact stf 11 remains in all its sadness , that for tho God bless you all aud lecop you under His Almighty vinga , contained tho namo of every woman , and tic nun . bo and wifo and family , widow and orphan , of our bost-boliaved always is tho duily prayer of your loving father . B « kind n S ° , ° , ovo''y * ; ' » *> , d , ^ v , r ^ r ^ lv » £ n ? idp HSi ? o soldiers , whether non-commissioned onicor or private , no to your dear sister Pamiy , kiss her for mo , toll her 1 send nmnding the reKlment , it inay very fairly l « coiiaidei d to provision whatever in made . Nothing but private charity my very best love to her ; and she is to learn all sho can till have been tho n » ost acourato on « . ll thcro l > o suoh n dtekeeps thorn from pauperism when their husbands and 1 come homo , whioh I trust , ploaso God , won't bo long . I oropanqy ; in tho returns ot one rcgunciit , what miwt thuro fathom aro taken away . ho ) io you are all good childron , and do what you can to "Q ln lorty r Tho marriage of these good tnon is fully pormittod by assist Mrs , B ., who will , I know , bo very Idnd and good to „ . _„ ,. „ - „ ., „„ ....,., thww nuhtary authority ; it is even granted as a reward for good you- I hope sho ia quite well . Qlvohorrny best respects . MARRIAGE WnUOUl iA ' . wii .. conduct , and yot , should they bo ordered totlio spat of war , I hopo you lovo and obey your teachers . You must write it is a curious fnct Mint Iifus boon brought to light by tho or die m tho service of their country , thoir families aro cast to mo , my doar Mary , &c . Ac , "Wo aro all in a vory largo practical experience ) of this Association , Mint , without oxaaulo mutter destitution and desolation . camp . I dare say 10 , 000 men . Wo all sleep on tho ground , ceptlon , tlioao noldior . s vvho hav « married with lcavo , or To provo that thiu ia no over-. statomont , tho Commlttoo Wo have our cloaks and ono blanket to cover us . Tlioro whose wivoo woro admitted into bun-auks , and rccognisod have solootod a fowonaos out of hundreds , a . 11 of which aro are no houses near us for miles . Wo all went to a-little by the regiment , have loft tho largest families , and , in conthoso of wives of noii-conunigatoiiod olllgoi's and privates , valley yoHtorday , and hoard Divlno Sorvico , and vory many Hoquonco , aro by fnr tlio itiohI deaorviriK ol'commlsoraUon . who , having been married with military sanction and of us rooolved tho Sncramont of our Lord J ' csua Christ ij } 0 those purso ' iiH th <> AHHoeiatiou 1 ms l ) eon of tho groutost approval , had boon plnaud on tho Rtrength of-tho ruKimout . aftnrwardw . Oh I my dear child , never forget your prayers , uoneflt ; wliilo , at tho tuimo tiitio , amonijat thoso wwnon Case 41 ) 0 , Mrs . ] i .- ~ Wlfo of n sorgoant of t 3 ic . Oath . Mar- and bo a good child , and you will have God for your father married without leave , much misery hati boon fouml to nod with leave . Loft destituto with nix ohildron after and friend forever . Pray for your dear sister ; pray for exist , which tlio Assoulutiou has not refrained from w , llobuo had npent tho Rinall Hum lior husbnncl loft for hor . your fntlior , and God will hoar you . Ho w 111 blosa and keen viatinu . 1 'lvoof hor childron provldod for j tho aixtli Ixiing an infauit , us always , and bring us to lloavcii at last for Josna Christ h Tho ComniiLtoe , howover , regiot to find , that notwitnand tho mother being woivkly , sho recoivoil nwookly allow- sake . And now , my darlliiKs , good byo . and miiy God bloss HtaiidinK all tho positive and practical good that Ims been ancooflivo sliillinKn until mIki obtained work asawnHhor- and tivko care of you all is tho prayer of your loving father , ofl ' cutoU by tho Association , thorn utill r < t « niiin in thp iijlnas woman , for which tlio Association flu-uishod ftho moans , and " T . J > . " of aoinu nilllUry men nIi-ouk objeotions to Its oiiorntloiis ! it alio now earns hor own livelihood , assisted by hor two boys , , ,. ,, , . , ; tr o . /¦ , ;; . »;• is still iirKoJ iiiat unduo on « 5 ourii « oinoiit Is Kiron tomaraged 12 and is , for whom situations as prises l"wo been letter addnmaal to the Honorary Secretary of the Dublin J ,, [ L without l . ^ avo , and that , largo imrabfl ™ of » old m . M ' i , -r , , Aaaoolutiun : — have thus married utiioo tho institution <> f ' ^ A , f " , " ' " ° '' ; rfr 5 rs i ? i' ?•• 8 t *» Hufsars . —A moat rospoctablo person , mar- " Scjikembor 2 nd , 18 BI . If the oporation of tho Assoolatlcm Imj l wirtw-Uoa »« o » « « " r d with leave , in dclicnto health . Loft doHtitiito with six ' But , —Only for tlio roliof I xocolvod wookly from you , I rngoinent , auroly ovldonoe or H woi . » l « l hiivi « u S ( " ^ c" ;"'' children . Barns a littlo by wasliing , for which a donation would liavo boon obliged to go iait . o tho workhouse , with my a number of applications for nillof on M » P »« i <» Xi-i'Wn w "" pf 5 ntod . A weekly allowanco of notoh Mlilllinnr-- * . two ohildron , whioh would l » av «) boon worse than doalh to who hml marrlml in iiiiUolimtlojj ol H , . *'"'' jVof a wolillor Ousodlli ) , Mis . W . 1 I . R . —Wir <> of a prlvaito , UJlh Li ^ it moi for if wo were , dond , our mlsorablu oxlstonoo would cation hud been inudnal this ""(;'' 7 ,,, ] HsV » 0 tlmt tho ni . n . f ""' M 11 " * " ! with leave , lort dontUuto with four bo ondoil lioro . 1 could not have maintained niysoK and whoso marriuBo cortllloato wns < nl- < t >« ' "'* \ ] tiH . ul , a lfc y » ' « « ' Amostrospoptablo pwson . A Hlftuatlon aa cook children only for it , though I worked day and night to do ohjootlou would appear to l ) " Vr '"'^ ^^ more in unnwor nii * , f ^ hoJ > ¥ ld Ivl 1 lui r «« ndron provided for ho , and triod ovory moans In my power-, yet I found it wan miKlit bo uonHidonxi ahmml "'" V ° ( o hIkav tluit whilo th « y mnnf 7 wf i i f Q ; -WJfo of a sorgoant In tho 21 stRo ^ l- impoHalblo . 1 wns mnkliiK shirts for Qilpljia , in Molosworth- to Vt . iiut tlio VuimuHuw Imvo « wi ^ ' iu |() a to rM * SI ?" ' Married with Joavo . Loft dostituto with four ehil- wtroot , at live sIiIIIIubh per ( Io / . oji , nnd 1 could not coniploto haves only ooiiUnnplatwl '"""" V onod by Oovornment , « r ouvjj , ^ ii l , V , P ° ) n B V > 'r fonflnoxnont ) . A weekly aliowftnoo tho doy . on in a w « ok t so if 1 haul not had that relief , what which tlioy found ' ^^ Vm . lhiii o lwirs tlxiy havo mad e a thlZ , « i tiii " > in ft , ddlu » n <•« tlio parish out-door rollaf of should 1 have Uono V I never rwolvod a » y Jnonoy from my nofcuowlodKod hy w > ' >'' " f . ^ im i ,, ' t | M , ir ,, owor to Cw m * iff W 55 $ f 0 Mr 1 < o ' . tvoa- h « Bbnnd Hinco 1 loft liim , nor had any oho to mik mo or my rulo ( N » . 8 ) . »'"« 1 '" . ^ , ' > , tM o t of tliolr powor to rollovo DrCoonL ' If "' rY fif 0 , of * » fn oo-Bontoant in tho Oth children to havo a meal of victuals blnoo I lost my only K lvo It P ""'""' ^ * ,,, a rU oaloulatliiB on asalntanco from ciSlSr ^ n ;« 2 llirrlo 1 i wUV leavo- ^«« i dcaUtutowlththroo friond-niy dour lnwband . And now , through you * kind- my who iirny l » v « ' o rr ^ iXr « tlo-n and provldliiB aK' »»« t chUdrou , and oxpootl » B hor couftnomout . A weekly allow- ucaa and intorcat , 1 luvvo sot ft hUuhUqu , mid if you did thorn ; tliiw t » Wns »«> w touwuoraiwu »» »

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